I numeri della Lombardia agricola, altro che pizza!
A few days ago, gustandomi una buona pizza, mi sono chiesta come mai spesso si usa dire “ma che pizza!” per riferirsi a qualcosa di noioso. After doing some research on the web, I found some interesting explanations. Some people attribute the sense of boredom to the fact that the pizza is flat, while others combine this way of saying to the boxes containing reels of film, who in the film are precisely informally calls pizzas, as if to say: "What boxes!”
Continuando la mia ricerca, ho trovato una versione più autorevole proveniente dall’Academy Pizzaioli Gruaro, in provincia di Venezia. According to them this popular saying comes from the fact that the pizza is sometimes difficult to digest, causing swelling and very thirsty. The cause may be attributed to a rising too short or the use of low quality ingredients. Ecco spiegato il perché.
As I wrote recently in a article: there is pizza without good raw materials. Non ci sono buone materie prime senza sostegno all’agricoltura. We are in Italy, country with great quality food production. Each region has its own. La pizza può essere una grande interprete. Visto che vivo in Lombardy, la prima regione agricola d’Italia, oggi vi darò qualche dato su cui riflettere.
- 1.300.000 ettari di suolo agricolo
- 54.000 farms
- 1.500 farms
- 200 educational farms
- 33 consorzi di tutela
- 31 branded products PDO and PGI (273 total in Italy)
PDO - The Protected Designation of Origin is recognized to the food products in which all stages of production, processing and preparation are carried out in a defined geographical area and with a manufacturing process complies with a specification.
PGI - Protected Geographical Indication is attributed to agricultural and food products whose origin has to refer to a specific geographical area. Unlike DOP, it is sufficient that only one phase of the production process takes place in the defined geographical.
- 22 Vini DOC, 5 DOCG and 15 IGT
DOC – Designation of origin, the label attributed to wines produced in a given area, manufactured using local raw materials and traditional manufacturing methods.
DOCG - Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin, recognized DOC wines of quality and special quality.
IGT - Typical Geographical Indication, recognized wines produced in a given area larger than that of DOC.
- 248 Prodotti Tradizionali
In each region Italian exists a list of products that follow traditional processing methods, preservation and seasoning adopted by at least 25 age.
- 12 Roads of Wine and Food protected by the Federation Roads of Lombardy, that help visitors in their professional taste and historic discovery, artistic and landscape of the region
• Flavour Trail of Varese Valleys www.stradasaporivallivaresine.it
• Wine Route and Flavours of Valcalepio www.valcalepio.org
• Wine Route and flavors of Valtellina www.stradavinivaltellina.com
• Franciacorta Wine Route www.stradadelfranciacorta.it
• Hills Wine Road of the Lombards www.stradadelvinocollideilongobardi.it
• The Wine and Dine del Garda www.stradadeivini.it
• The Wine and Dine Mantovani www.mantovastrada.it
• Route Rice and Risotto Mantovani www.stradadelrisomantovano.it
• Road Truffle Mantovano www.stradadeltartufo.org
• Strada del Gusto Cremonese in the Land of Stradivari www.stradadelgustocremonese.it
• Road of San Colombano Wine and Dine Lodigiani info@stradasaporilodigiani.it
• The Wine and Dine Oltrepò Pavese www.oltrepopavese.com
Numeri che la dicono lunga. Altro che pizza!
Data: MiPAAF Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies updated June 2015
Sources: www.buonalombardia.it www.viniesaporidilombardia.it www.regionelombardia.it
